A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?When Meta agreed to changes to its social media platforms and enhanced safeguards in an $18 billion settlement, it made progress by "gettin...
06 Oct, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
Humans need humans more than ever: Match Group boss on AI riseRascoff said that for now, relationships between humans and AI agents remain a very small issue. But he does not dismiss the broader questi...
05 Oct, 2026, 08.49 AM IST
Explained: What is a public benefit corporation, the Anthropic legal structure?AI lab Anthropic, the developer of Claude, is planning one of the biggest IPOs in history as a public benefit corporation, a legal structur...
30 Sep, 2026, 08.21 AM IST
OpenAI pauses training, tool-use of top AI models after agent bypasses internet curbsThe agent, OpenAI said, bypassed the curbs through a gap in its Domain Name System (DNS) filtering and used it to send questions to a publi...
27 Sep, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Decoding EU’s move to dismantle addictive technology for childrenThe proposed KIDS Act would set different access rules by age, bring AI companions and conversational chatbots under the bloc’s child-safet...
24 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Ex-Google safety chief warns AI could harm children more than social media didThe founder of the trust and safety team at Alphabet's Google this week called for a slowdown in AI development, warning that the tech indu...
22 Sep, 2026, 11.04 PM IST
UPI MDR explained; AI leaders split on slowing downUPI’s new MDR framework will change how large merchant payments are charged. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
16 Sep, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
EU chief to unveil social media, gaming curbs for under-15sEU chief Ursula von der Leyen will on Wednesday unveil long-awaited plans to protect children from online harm by curbing access to social ...
16 Sep, 2026, 09.26 AM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate RessaThe Filipino and American journalist, who jointly won the 2021 award in part for her work documenting the power of large tech companies, se...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate Maria RessaNobel laureate Maria Ressa expresses urgent concerns about the risks that artificial intelligence poses to human agency, emphasizing the ne...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
Microsoft commits to sweeping AI privacy rules for students. Will other tech giants follow?As the school year started, the country's two largest school districts, New York City and Los Angeles, announced they were putting the brak...
15 Sep, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
How China is preparing for the risk of AI escaping human controlThe U.S. and China are the two major driving forces of frontier AI development and the technology's global adoption. Both superpowers have ...
14 Sep, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
California governor signs law to limit children's social media risksCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new laws on Thursday that address various aspects of children's safety online, in...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
California governor signs laws aimed at protecting kids from risks of social media, AI chatbotsThe laws will penalize large social media companies up to $1 million per child if they are found negligent of harming children through thei...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.04 AM IST
California bans addictive social media features for under-16s, AI chatbot toysCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed technology laws protecting children online. These measures restrict social media features designed ...
11 Sep, 2026, 07.13 AM IST
Meta Muse: Why is this new AI agent raising privacy concerns?Meta introduced Muse, an AI assistant designed for task execution and personal assistance. This agent can send emails, book travel, and fil...
09 Sep, 2026, 01.21 PM IST
Proposed Australian law would let social media users opt out of algorithmsThe proposed legislation would also protect children from content that promotes eating disorders, hostile ideas about women, pornography, c...
09 Sep, 2026, 11.30 AM IST